NBC finalizes Globe format

January 11, 2008|Zap2it.com

NBC's "Today" co-anchor Matt Lauer will host a two-hour special on the Golden Globe Awards called "Going for Gold" at 7 p.m. ET Sunday. The show, which falls under the "Dateline" banner, will feature interviews with several nominees, including James McAvoy ("Atonement"), Kyra Sedgwick ("The Closer"), Ellen Page ("Juno") and Amy Adams ("Enchanted"), as well as Globes predictions from NBC's "Football Night in America" crew. Comedian Kathy Griffin will also provide commentary on the awards, whose usual nightlong party fell victim to the writers' strike. With actors refusing to cross a promised Writers Guild picket, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and NBC decided to scrap the ceremony in favor of a "news conference" at 9 p.m. ET.